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@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ Using an enum class provides many benefits:
 - Helps to describe how to read, serialize, export \[, ...\] an enumeration
 - Allow common libraries and frameworks integrations.
 
+Why another library ?
+
+- [`myclabs/php-enum`](https://github.com/myclabs/php-enum) provides base enum implementation as a class, based on the `\SplEnum` object class. However, it doesn't provide as much features nor integrations as we wish to.
+- [`commerceguys/enum`](https://github.com/commerceguys/enum) only acts as a utility class, but does not intend to instantiate enumerations. Hence, it doesn't allow as much features nor integrations with third-party libraries and frameworks. Manipulating enums as objects are also one of the first motivation of this project.
+- [`yethee/BiplaneEnumBundle`](https://github.com/yethee/BiplaneEnumBundle) is the first library we got inspiration from. But it was designed as a Symfony Bundle, whereas we opt for a component first approach. Integrations are then provided in a dedicated `Bridge` namespace and are not restricted to Symfony.
+
+Finally, we used to create similar classes from scratch in some projects lately.  
+Providing our own package inspired from the best ones, on which we'll apply our own philosophy looks a better way to go.
+
 # Features
 
 - Base implementation for simple, readable and flagged (bitmask) enumerations based on the [BiplaneEnumBundle](https://github.com/yethee/BiplaneEnumBundle) ones.